Richard WHO...? Was Condi's 60 Minutes interview the final shoe...

[skeptic9]

... to drop in the Richard Clarke story? Is this story now "old news" from the perspective of Scott McClellan and the White House flacks?

If Condi had told Ed Bradley, Yes, I'm going to testify in public before the 9-11 Commission, that would have made NEW news. But what other additional developments now could keep the story alive for more than the week it's been on Page One?

[soleft]

1. Condi's resignation

[JetJaguar]

7. If she resigns

Then she can testify.

[SimpleMan]

2. Her refusal to apologize...

...that's the easy story here.

[bvar22]

3. Don't the hearings re-open in April?

I didn't hear a final shoe drop. I heard the ever increasing volume of water rushing through the failing dam.

If the failed bush* administration spent 1/2 as much effort attacking Al-Qaeda, the War on Bogeymen would be over.

[troublemaker]

4. The next step

Print journalists will now start actually reading the 9/11 staff report and comparing it to previous Bushco statements.

[Robbien]

5. You are forgetting AirAmerica launches this week

Their launch should get media attention and if the hosts do not bring this up, we as callers should definately talk about it.

[skeptic9]

6. You're right! It slipped my mind that Wednesday at noon is launch time ...

... for 'The O'Franken Factor'.

A site search for 'Franken' at a leading trade publication brought up

http://www.billboard.com/bb/biz/archivesearch/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000462747 as the most recent story. Though so far only Chicago, LA, and NY are sure to broadcast over the air Airamericaradio.com (now only a shell) will stream Air America over the Internet.

Other news in the story:

"Public Enemy frontman Chuck D will co-host a daily show on Air America Radio, a new liberal talk radio network set to launch March 31. The outspoken rapper will join Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" co-creator Lizz Winstead and radio talk veteran Laura Flanders on "Unfiltered," which will air 9 a.m.-noon ET daily Monday through Friday. ...

A number of high-profile comedians will be heard on the network's airwaves. Al Franken will host the three-hour "The O'Franken Factor" daily at noon with co-host Katherine Lanpher, which promises "fearless barbs, sketches and interviews." Janeane Garofalo and political humorist Sam Seder will co-host "The Majority Report" a nightly four-hour block beginning at 8 p.m. and Marc Maron will participate in the morning show "Uprising" (6-9 a.m.) with co-hosts Sue Ellicott and Mark Riley.

Air America's afternoons will boast "The Randi Rhodes Show" (3-7 p.m.) and will be followed by the one-hour "So What Else Is News?" anchored by Marty Kaplan. Weekends will feature "Champions of Justice," hosted by environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mike Papatanio, along with yet to be announced original programming and "best of" segments culled from the daily shows."

Along with WNTD (Chicago 950), the Billboard story lists ...

... KBLA (Los Angeles 1580) and WLIB (New York City 1190).

[alcuno]

8. Well, everyone at the next press briefing will be asking about

cat-killer Frist's comments on the Senate floor and Clarke's urging the WH to declassify all his testimony, Rice's testimony and their emails, etc. Frist actually gave the story a push, IMHO.

[robbedvoter]

9. 9.11 is alive - because Bushco keeps it so

Their convention at ground zero & their campaign ads - keep Clarke in the news. It's their one and only thing to run on. Iraq stinks, economy too...Clarke ruined the steady leadeship now...news. Every day.